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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1475, 1650
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Cot-armis, n. pl. = Cot-armour. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1366.
Noblis … worthi of renoun; Off cot armys eldest in that regioun c1650 Spalding I. 50.
The herauld in his cot armes with sound of trvmpet vsit thir charges c1650 Ib. II. 389.
Thair cumis wp to the scaffold tua herauldis in thair cot-armes
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